Dog attacked and killed more chickens.

[EweSheep]

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Its like tempting the dog with a hotdog...not a good idea because not every dog would do like yours did.

 

[chkn]

German shepherds are chicken eaters, mine were. I loved the dogs to death but I had to keep them separated.

 

[farmgirl1995]

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Its like tempting the dog with a hotdog...not a good idea because not every dog would do like yours did.

My aunt told me to do something like this. She said it stopped her Rotties and other dogs from killing the chickens. I might try this. Thank you very much

 

[cafarmgirl]

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Its like tempting the dog with a hotdog...not a good idea because not every dog would do like yours did.

My aunt told me to do something like this. She said it stopped her Rotties and other dogs from killing the chickens. I might try this. Thank you very much

The possibility of success with this method depends entirely on the dogs temperment. Some dogs will back down, other's will go all the harder. I have a high confidence/high prey drive rottie who will NOT back down in the face of an attack.

Since your (or your brother's I guess) dog has been successful in attacking/bullying/killing other animals on your place for some time now he may not be one that is easily run off. He may also simply learn to stay away from roosters and go after the hens. He is not a dog you'll ever be able to trust to leave them alone. Until you can keep them separate he's probably going to just keep picking them off one by one until your chickens are gone.

 

[Sjisty]

Hi FarmGirl -

My dog attacked one of my hens a couple of weeks ago. We have since rehomed the dog.

As far as my hen, she was torn and bloody everywhere. It seemed to hurt her when I tried to put anything on her wounds and the ointment I had made her feathers stick down, which I figured couldn't feel good, either. I have a large bottle of betadine that I got at the feed store for $16.99. I filled the sink with warm water and poured about half the bottle in, so it looked kind of like weak tea. I soaked her in that for about 15 minutes. I actually soaked her twice about three days apart. I figured that way the betadine got to whatever cuts and scrapes I couldn't see. I kept her in the house for a few days and fed her extra protein (mostly mealworms). It's two weeks later now, and she's doing great. I still bring her in at night because she lost so many feathers including the fluffy down ones that would keep her warm. During the day she only goes out with her apron on, so the guys won't reopen her cuts.

Anyway, if you have betadine, it might be a good idea because you may not see all the damage under the feathers and this way everything gets treated. You just have to make sure you dry her well with a hair dryer on low heat so she won't get chilled. If you put your hand in between the hair dryer and her, you can make sure it's not burning her.

Good luck!!

 

[HeatherLynn]

I can loan you a HUGE mean rooster. We have a dog that was similar until she got her butt kicked all on her own by a roo. She tried to grab his hen and wow did he take it bad. I don't trust the lesson though so I ended up putting her in a fenced in run. Its huge and she has a buddy in there so it works well. The chickens are safe and so is she. Maybe you could talk to your dad about a fenced in area for the dog. It would prevent the #2 messes too. The dog could come out when your brother has time to spend with it and the rest of the time is has a safe place to relax or play. German shepherds do have a very good kill instinct. Cats especially. If they are allowed to run loose they are so quick to go a bit wild. When an animal runs that kill instinct just kicks in.

We had one that was raised around cats at our house in town. It only ever saw them in a small fenced in yard. They were fine. We moved to the farm where there was tons of room to run. All of a sudden a cat would take off and its just like something clicked in his head. He was off for the kill and nothing would stop him. Our vet told us the only solution really was a fenced in area. He said shepherds have that instinct and if the animals run from them instinct would override training. Really most anything smaller than it could be at risk. I know of one that attacked a very tiny rat looking dog. poor thing. It did not die but he was worked over pretty harsh. It was small like a cat, or squirrel, or rabbit. natural prey for this type of dog. If it looks like prey and acts like prey, then it become prey. See if you can push for the fence you might see a very positive change.

 

[Heartlandrabbitry]

We have a Dachshund that would always try to attack our chickens through the fence to their coop. We could never let our chickens out with him because we were afraid that he would kill one. One day I was out with him and the chickens, I wanted to start training him not to bug the chickens so that all our animals could enjoy the nice sunny days together. I thought that it would work because he listens extremely well to us. We have a bantam Cochin rooster who actually came up to our Dachshund and attacked him right in the back!! Our Dachshund ran so fast back onto the porch that he has NEVER touched our chickens again. He runs out to my rabbit barn if the chickens are out, or sometimes he won't even leave the front porch. Now my Dachshund won't bark, chase, or ever look at the chickens now! He is terrified of them!! Like other people are saying, I'm in no way of saying that this will work, each dog has their own personality. Some get it others don't. Since Dachshunds are natural hunters I never thought he would be terrified of a small chicken, but he is and it's so funny watching him run from our Cochin

Our Cochin will even try to mount our female Dachshund!!

She to runs from him! He is the sweetest rooster (and is my baby) but just loves to chase our little dogs!

I wish you the best and good luck! I'm sure it's very frustrating when your family doesn't see what the killing of your chickens does to you.

 

[jjthink]

You just can't assume threatening a dog with a roo won't end up with a dead roo. It is not safe for your birds to live at the same address as this dog. The birds deserve to be in a safe environment. If you have no power over the dog's future, maybe you do have power re: the birds and can find a wonderful safe forever home for them. I'm so sorry about all of it because it sounds like you are the only one who cares about the birds not suffering.
JJ